Feeding mechanism for type-writing machines.



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E. B. & c. B. waLBun. FEEDING MECHANISM FOR'TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

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Patented July 17, 1917.

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Emana n. wrmiim AND canna-iss n. WiLiiUn, 01" snmqninoau'. Iowa.

FEEDING HECHANISM FOB TYPE-WB-'ITING MACHINES.

Specification o! Letters Patent.

Patented J'uiy 11, 1911.

Application filed February 6, 191B. Serial No. 6,520.

T o all whom it` may cfwem:

Be -it known that we, Faune B. VWiiiiirm and (immuni B. Winnen, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Shen 5 andoah, in the county of Page. and State of Iowa, haveI in vented certain new and use ful Improvements in a Feeding Mechanism for Type-.Writing Machines, of whichthe following ia a specification, reference being,

1o had therein to-the accompany'iii drawing This invention 'relates to a fee ing mechanifziii for. pewiiting muchines,a nd has for itabect tie production of a simple and ,Qicient means for automatically reim-ning 16 theicarliiige of. u typewiitingv machine after the same has reachedits limit of movement posefofronveniently iilusti'ntingtlie impor.

`-4,r.it"feaes of the present invention.

, F ig. '2i-sra central"verticalectiofilthrough the ty nfritn'g machine showingtle operl ating'4 ifs formed thei'eoilniind'also showing't-heirack relensing mechanism `for `permittinar the 'carriage to be returned-to its normalposition. I,

40 Fig.- Bis :ifrear 'elevation of the ty contilliiig the operation of -t'hecarriage 'trice Acircuits 'usedfin coi iiiectip4 presentcaritiage return'iri with :1n-.ar elevation 'of"the"ciriiigefpei'atnginech'ansi'n.

" nini the -niegiine .efmifag 2 upon the top thereof,V which carriage supi vien" of the' track.. 110.

da 'itedptpcolwuln with the line spacing 3 is, of course, provided at one end with Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the support, and vportieri of the suppoiti'n bracket which is adapted to coperate wit the inioncarryig plungerl arm 'for con- 60 ltrolling the return of the carriageof tli'e machine. i ne. Fig. 8 is an enlar ed end view of. one

end of the platen rolfer showing aportbn of the line spacin track in cross section.. fu

Fig. 9 is an'e arge'd front elevation-.of

a portion of the rack adapted to be ctried .hy the carriage of the machineijshotging the manner of Operating the primary Contact member. 70 i Fig. l0 is an enlargedview similar to 9 showing the manner of operating the aux liziry Contact member.

Fig. 11 is a top 'plan view of the pinion mechanism adapted t0 engage the rackcar- 75 ried h v the carriage 'of the machine showing the supporting'braeket thereof or hanger in section.

Fig. 12 is a detail prspectiveof one of' the tripping contact members adapted tn -80 he tripped hy'meiine of the dependinglugs supported uponthe rack carried by the carruige -of the machine.

Fig. 13 lis an enlarged longitudinal section through the shock' abs'orl'ier' for-reliev- 85 ing the shock of the lcarriage upon its re-i turn movement.

. Fig. 14 is an, enlarged view of the upper end of the plungerrod Whichfis adigtedito ing 'descri -tion that'the' *presenti Heu-ice "is struction of the several parts"foia'diipliiihi165.

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teethformed uponthe enga ng the spacing do secured at one end to. a delpending ro having a shoe 7 formed upon t e lower end thereof. The. dog is .also engaged by.

ei'ipher thereof for sog 5.

his yspacing' means of.a coil' spring 8, lwhich coil spring is in turn connectedto an arm 9 carried by the supporting shaft 10 of the platen roller 3. TheV de wending rod 6 projects through an enlarge aperture 11 formed in the arm' 9. as is clearly illustrated in Fig. of the drawings.

The upperl portion of the* frame of' themachine 1 carries a trackway 12 comp'risn a plurality of'chan'ne'l portions 13, whic channel. portions terminate at one end 'in a switch ortion 14 clearly illustratf'eddn Fig. 6 of the drawings. This switchportion 14 in turn. terminates in astraight track portion 15, and; this straightV track portion 15 is adapted to be thrown into a continuous communication with one of the channels-13 by' means ''f 'the spring shifting Irvs 1i 16, the spring shifting lip 16 being fixecily secured to one-(of the flanges 17 of the straight track portion 15.l The 'spring shiftinglip 16 is connected to an operating han- Aone ofthe channels or 'passages 13.'Y One of the a justed tsitions, of the spring lip 16 is show 'tin' 'otted lines F 1g..6 of the drawings.V

It should'be understood that xthe stra' ht trac-.k portion-.15 is-formed-"axsjucifent ise frame' .sup

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bracket 26 ,and constitutes a su port forth lower end of the' spring 24. T e upper end" fmounte Q43 out of eng which coil spring engages the under face of the overhangin arm of the vertically extendn brac et 26, the bracket 26 being upon the base 2'( of the machine' in any'suita le' or desired manner without departinfrom the spiritof the invention...

of the spring 24 engalgmes a collar` 29' which. is xedly secured to 't -in firmenagement .with 'the'pinion 2 2 by means"of t e links .34. The 'pinion 33 also meshes with' an enlarged vactuating gear 35,. which gear has teeth 36. formedji'ipon thape` riphery thereof, which teeth are eng7ag'ed by means of a spring .pressed 'pawl 3 'for preventing the rotation of the ear 35 in one direction. This dog or pawl 3 is su ported upon a depending bracket 38 carrie by-'the irame'of the machine `1. The gear35 is in turn supported u on ade ending bracket 39 shown in dott-ed lines in gig. 3-o f the drawings.

I t should he understood that the lower end of the. plunger-rod 23 c'arries an' entracted by the electro-magnet '4 1- supported' e rod 23, the ro'd 23.w loosely extending through ,the overh'ang'ing arm25. An auxiliary pinion .33. is sup-f]l ported adjacent the primary inon 22 and? meshes therewith and is hel upon the base 27 of the ty'pewriting machine. Adjacent this magnet-41 is placed a second magnet 42, and this magliet42 actuates the plunger rod :43,- which'pluii'g'er rod passes through the overha'iiging arn44 -of the sup'oiting' bracket 45. A "spring 4 6 is I' adapted to nori'nallyfliold'the plunger rod magnet 42.' The racket'45 is formed simi# lar to theI bracket 26.1 The :plln er 43 Vis tance 'in advance of the'rst. 'channel portion'-H 413 'to 'peririit 'the proper spacingsof the .platen roller to accommodate what isv now generally known .as the .si Ii-gle space'. When a double space is 'd es'd the .spring lip is brought "up-into contact with-the second.

.wall'13i 'shown'4 iiigdotted lines in Fig.' 6;

portion 21 .w

up td the position shown ich is fxedlysec l1red thereto in any sitablejor 'desired manner, audit-his inion 22, which primary pinion is carried ythe, upper' 'end of the "'pliiiige'r rod 23. The p rod 23 carries a' coil spring 24,.

provided with a plurality` of teeth formed upon one sidefthereof'which are beveled' upon theirupper facesr for the purpose Afof.

motion by makin andbreakihg the elec' tn cal circuit`- whic .controlsv Ythe. xxiagnet- 42,

which make and break i s"accomplished by each operation ofoneof'the keys'48 shownin Fig. 2 .ofthe drawings.

' ar'y contact m ber 49 .sup-

end thereof hand endofythe carriage as viewed in 3, and an auiriliary contact member'qO is Asupported upon the opposite or right hand upon the Aplunger rod 43 andA is ement with' the electroenergizatibn'o the v*magnet 42 itshouldbeunderstood that the.

plunger rod 43 may be given 'a' reciprocating emp 'i's pp upon [the top. 'ofthe frame 1 at one that .i's" to say near. the left iso.

` an integral upwardiv extending contact; iin-1y lan upwardlyr extending finger no end thereof. The rack bar 21fcarries a plurality of tripping fingers 51 near the respective ends thereof for tripping the pirotally mounted contact dogs 52 and carried by the'respcctivc contact niemiiersdi) undO. The contact 49 is provided with ger 54 which is ada'pted topein'iit the ci(` ing ot' the circuit.therewith as soon as t upwardly (.Xtcnding finger 55 of the conte dog is swungy or thrr'iwn to a co "e 'l' po sition by means of the tri in' carried to the right of the i should be underetooiil that c tact members 49 and 50 prf a. finger 56 extending an angle of appronunateh1 45 thereto to permit. the con tact dogs 52 and 53 t'o be reset to their in active position. Attention with. respect to f theseparticular forms of Contact members is especially dircoteiil to Figs. 9 und lil of the drawings "i'iicli show more clearly the detail construction of these contact` merli bers. It should be understood that erich of `the contact members 52 and V53 is provided with a dmvnwardly projecting lip 57 i for the purpose of limiting the swing of thc contact dogs and inonc direction, It should be understood that as the carriage 2 moves toward the left in Fig. 3. that the finger 51 on the rigiithand side of the cnrrlagc kin 3 will first cause the finger tocontact with the contact finger 55 of the contact mechanism 50, then` by .com stemtly1 moving toward the left in Fig. 3, this Ifinger 51 will also cause the `finger of the contact device 49 to close the circuit with the' finger '5l'. (')n the return y.of the carriage, however. thc finger 51 upon the right hand side of the carriage in Fig. 3

"will, move towardthe right in FigLB and leave the finger of the contact mecha nism 49 in engagement with the linger 54, but as the carriage travels back" toward the right, the finger 5l uponthc ight hand side of the carriage inFig. ii wiii engage' a fuif ger 56 of the contact mechanism 50 and throw the fingono?) of 4thc contact mechanism 50 out of` engagement with thenger The linger 51 upon the left hand side of thcfcarriage in Fig. 3 willI engage the finger 56 of the contact mechanism 49 and swing the finger of this contact mecha `mism 49 out of engagement with the finger 54m-S- the carriage travels still farther tothe right.`

rAttention is 'now particularly directed to the electrical connections shown 'in the. diagrammatic view illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The usual keys 48 are employed for the purpose of actuating the tvpe bars 58,` which type. bare are connected to the `a'rmaturcd arms 59, the armatured arms be- 65` ing operated by ineens of the actlilatmg magnets 60. These magnets 60 are eiectri cally connected `to the keys 48 byrnennsof the contact wires il `and 6:2. Attention with vrespect to the particular construction of clearly in liig. 4 of the"drawing" 'nei is aiso.coimccted to :i :meting Iii being connected to the wirefr through l the buttery by means oi" the wire titi. 4It will, therefore. be neen that at cach time one.V of the keys 48 is operated, the magnet; 42 will be energized, thcrebv causing thc gear 35 to rotate toward the left in Fig. 4 and in turn cause the pini 1in :22 to also ro- "tatc and feed the carriage 2 toward the left of the supporting frame. It will bc seen that as the carriage travels toward the left inl Fig. 4 the depending arm 51 upon the right hand end of the rack barQl will causo the upwardly extending contact member 55 of the contactmember 50 to close a circuit with the contact member 55. As thc carriagc continues to -travcl the contact 4'finger upon the contact member 49 will be thrown into contact with the contact point 54 andy in this manner cause a current to pass from the battery `65v up through the` contact wire 6T through the contact 55, the contact finger of the contact member' 50, through thc `wire 68, through the contact finger and Contact 54, `through the wire 69,`through. the wirefizcnergizing the magnet 4]. th rough the wire 71 to the batteryl. liv the cnergization of thefmag'net` 41 it will be geen that the pinion will Abe drawn out` of engagement with the rack bar 2l and the carriage Q will `return to its normal position, this being accomplished by means of the tape 72 wound `in the springV`V roller 73. As the carriage return'stothis position'thctripping finger 51 will strike the fingers 56 of` the respective contactmem` bers 52 andl and return these contact members to theposition `shown vin full lines in Fig. 14. The stop member 51 upon the left hand end: of the rack; bar` lhwlvill fact' as ameans for. limiting the movement ofthe` carriage toward? theiv right,` as thisl depegr'idf` ing i finger ,515 or stopy 51 4will engage. f g

the upwardly extending :linger 55 offthe'com tact member 49 'and in this mannerilmit thef,

movement of the carriage toward "thef right i' of the machine.

During the` operation of machine it becomes necessary to returnrthe1 so' i n From the foregoing description 1t will be' time priorto pressed plunger 83.

` eating with the magnet 41.

earriise toits right hand limit before the4 en d of the line has been reached, and for this purpose we have provided a contact key, or circuit closin key 74` which Vhas one end thereof electrica ly connected tothe Wire by means of a wire 175, the wire 70 communi- A contact 76 is supported under the key 74 and is electrically connected to the wire 66 by means of a wire 77. A yoke 78 straddles the key 74 and .is adapted to limit the upward movement thereof. This key 74 similar to the keys 48 is formed of spring metal to normally hold the key out of contact rwith the contact point/76 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

It should be understood that whengit becomes necessary to return the carriage to its right hand limit upon the frame of the typewriting machine, it would not be necessary for the operator to take his hand off of the key-board, but by pressing the key 74 the circuit will' be closed from the battery 65 down throughthe wire 66, through the wire 77, through the key 74, through the wire and the wire 70 to the magnet 41 to the wire 7l and tothe battery 65, thereby drawing the vpinion 22. out of engagement 4with the teeth' formed .upon the lower edge of the rack 21. l

-seen lthat a very simple and etlicient mechan'ismhas been produced for automatically returning a, carriage of a typewriting machine lto its normal position after a full line has been written. .It should be understood that the usual warning bell 79 is employed upon the machine having a clapper 80 which is adapted mechanism A.sounding the carried by the carriage for desired warning at the proper the return of the carriage to its normal position. v ,l

It should he further borne in mind that the present device eliminates considerable manual labor in connection with a typewriting machine, and that the carriage is fed forwardly by means of the operation of the gearl 35,' plunger 43 and pinion 22, the car-` ringe being returned by the tape 72,'h1ch is carried by the spring roller 73,]

In order tr: relieve the carriage of considerable shock upon its return movement a shock absorber has been produced comprisinga casing 81 having a valve casingSZ formed at one end thereof, within which valve casing 82`is`slidably mounted a spring This spring pressed plunger n83 carries a valve 84 which. :is adapted to be normally hid ofi' of its seat by means of the spring carried by the plunger 83. A depending arm 85 is carried by the carriage 2, and this arm 85 is pro` vided with a laterally projecting finger 86 having a head 87 carried by one end thereof.

to be engaged by Aany'suitable the sudden entrance of lthe head 87 into the casing 81, the valve 84.- vvill be closed upon its seatand produce .an air cushion for the head 87. After the first shock, however, the valve 84 will be o ned andthe air will be allowed to escape from the casing 81 and permit, the carriage toreturn to its full normallposition. f course, it should be understood that any changes in the detail mechanical construction may be employed in the present device, so long as the changes fall within the scope ofthe appended claims, Without' departing from the spirit of the invention. Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, isz* v 1. A typewriting machine of the class de scribed comprising a frame, a carriage slid- -ably mounted upon said frame, a rack supported -upon said carriage, a pinion meshing with said rack, a plunger rod supporting said pinion, 'an operating gear coperating with said pinion for rotating the same and feeding said carriage in one direction, :i plunger rod cooperating with said gear and adapted to reciprocate for rotating said gear at a predetermined distance at each reciprrr ca ton of said plunger, a shaft supporting sai ing shaft and engaging 4casing' 81, and upon sai-:l first mentioned plunger-rod and constituting a bearing :for

gear, a link connected to said support-i.

gra ually i permitting the rotation of said ried by saidcal'ria'ge,a feeding pinion'mesh-i ing withsaid rack, an auxiliary pinion eo-` operating'fwith saidfeeding pinion, an actuating gear m`eshing'with said auxiliary pinion, a shaft supportingsaidvactuating gear,

a link connectedv to i ing a bearing' fosaid feeding pinion and said auxiliary pinion, a vertically movable plunger engaging the upper end (if said link and adapted to throw saidv feeding pinion said shaft and constitut-4 into and out of engagement with said rack, .i i

spring means for normally urging said plunger upwardlv whereby said feeding pinJ ion will be normally held with said rack, means Afor .rotationV of said feeding gear in one direction. 'and a reciprocating plunger engaging gear for positively rotating said actuating gear in one direction.

said actuating A typewriting machine of the class de scribed `comprising a frame, a carriage mounted thereon,'an actuating gear. movable f 130 means normally engaging said gear and in` in engagementv preventing7 the means "into engagement with said carriage Witnesses:

tersosed between said actuating gear and In testimony whereof wehereunto affix sai carriage and capable of en aging said our,` signatures in presence of two Witnesses. carriage, means for rotating sai actuating -ELMER B. WILBUR. gear, 'and means for throwing said movable CHARLES B. WILBUR.

for moving :mld carriage as said actuating A. W. MURPHY, gear is operated. F. M. SCHNEIDER. 

